Musk joins Pentagon task force
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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth named Elon Musk to a Pentagon task force studying future warfare, including autonomous and robotic capabilities for the U.S. military.
I had missed this one. But it's a real, real problem. Hegseth is setting up the personnel of the military as in opposition to other elements of American society. It is shameful and dangerous (and also sorta just repeating lines from A Few Good Men).
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It should alarm us that the civilian head of the military gathers together troops to give them a political speech in which he calls the free press treasonous.
He should be removed from office for doing so.
He should be removed from office for doing so.
Hegseth: "A free press is of course important, but partisan activism that intentionally smears the troops and the historic mission that they are undertaking is fundamentally anti-American. It's sick. It's a national betrayal. It's treason."
October 1, 2026 at 7:07 PM
I had missed this one. But it's a real, real problem. Hegseth is setting up the personnel of the military as in opposition to other elements of American society. It is shameful and dangerous (and also sorta just repeating lines from A Few Good Men).
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Reposted by Kori Schake, Jason Lyall, David Darmofal
"Those in attendance...received a book called “The War Department Field Manual,” a compilation of Hegseth’s past speeches. In a forward written by President Trump, the troops were told: “As your commander in chief, I will not ask you to fight dumb wars.”
Perfect
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Perfect
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Five Takeaways From Hegseth’s Speech
The defense secretary gave a “State of the Force” address to hundreds of officers and enlisted servicemembers at a Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va.
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September 30, 2026 at 10:46 PM
"Those in attendance...received a book called “The War Department Field Manual,” a compilation of Hegseth’s past speeches. In a forward written by President Trump, the troops were told: “As your commander in chief, I will not ask you to fight dumb wars.”
Perfect
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Perfect
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Reposted by Jonathan Wolff, Kori Schake, Fabián Muniesa
Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, we are announcing the creation of Autonomous Warfare Command, or Autowarcom."
September 30, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, we are announcing the creation of Autonomous Warfare Command, or Autowarcom."
by Kori Schake
This is so dumb. How to destroy a capable military.
Hegseth: "The ideological clowns are out. The patriotic cowboys are in, with testosterone testing on top."
September 30, 2026 at 9:03 PM
This is so dumb. How to destroy a capable military.
Does it relieve the Administration of the burdensome task of inventing new enemies to attack?
Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, we are announcing the creation of Autonomous Warfare Command, or Autowarcom."
September 30, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Does it relieve the Administration of the burdensome task of inventing new enemies to attack?
by Stephen M. Walt Reposted by Robert Wolfe
Secretary of (Losing) Wars Hegseth rejects meritocracy. He doesn't want a military or service academies filled w/ the best people (no matter what color, gender, orientation, etc.), he wants a military that looks and thinks just like him. It's a recipe for incompetence, a topic on which he's expert.
September 30, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Secretary of (Losing) Wars Hegseth rejects meritocracy. He doesn't want a military or service academies filled w/ the best people (no matter what color, gender, orientation, etc.), he wants a military that looks and thinks just like him. It's a recipe for incompetence, a topic on which he's expert.
Reposted by Kori Schake
You want an example of focusing on culture war bullshit instead of warfighting, THIS is it. Hegseth isn't worried about the fact that he's set US policy goals in the Gulf back literal decades, no, he's too busy monitoring soldiers' testosterone levels and reveling in what slurs he gets to use.
September 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
You want an example of focusing on culture war bullshit instead of warfighting, THIS is it. Hegseth isn't worried about the fact that he's set US policy goals in the Gulf back literal decades, no, he's too busy monitoring soldiers' testosterone levels and reveling in what slurs he gets to use.
Failing up ..."Pete Hegseth appoints Elon Musk to US taskforce on future of warfare. A year after his explosive tenure at Doge, the SpaceX CEO is back in the Trump administration’s good graces." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Pete Hegseth appoints Elon Musk to US taskforce on future of warfare
A year after his explosive tenure at Doge, the SpaceX CEO is back in the Trump administration’s good graces
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September 30, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Failing up ..."Pete Hegseth appoints Elon Musk to US taskforce on future of warfare. A year after his explosive tenure at Doge, the SpaceX CEO is back in the Trump administration’s good graces." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
I'll say again, for a guy that actually was an officer, Hegseth has the most 3rd-grade school-boy vision of the military and war fighting imaginable. He thinks winning wars just means being able to blow stuff up bigger than the other guy.
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September 30, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I'll say again, for a guy that actually was an officer, Hegseth has the most 3rd-grade school-boy vision of the military and war fighting imaginable. He thinks winning wars just means being able to blow stuff up bigger than the other guy.
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by Tim Stephens
“no fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals. Just warriors”
But drunk former weekend TV show co-hosts are welcome.
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But drunk former weekend TV show co-hosts are welcome.
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Hegseth confirms plan to cut 20% of US top military brass and rails at ‘beardos, weirdos and wimps’
Amid latest extraordinary attack on diversity, US defense secretary also suggests military is retaining service personnel at ‘record’ rates
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October 1, 2026 at 3:01 AM
“no fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals. Just warriors”
But drunk former weekend TV show co-hosts are welcome.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
But drunk former weekend TV show co-hosts are welcome.
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by Brian Keegan
The Jonathan Chatterton Friedersdorfs will be so very upset at this latest assault on American higher education.
Hegseth is completely unprepared for the thousands of long-form words and high-profile declarations from these extremely good faith defenders of free speech.
Hegseth is completely unprepared for the thousands of long-form words and high-profile declarations from these extremely good faith defenders of free speech.
Pete Hegseth removing tenure protections shows precisely why they are needed. He wants to silence dissent by being able to fire anyone who questions his vision of the military.
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Hegseth halts tenure appointments for civilian faculty at military academies
Military academies will no longer appoint civilian faculty to tenured positions as Hegseth says it can contribute to “academic stagnation.”
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September 30, 2026 at 2:25 PM
The Jonathan Chatterton Friedersdorfs will be so very upset at this latest assault on American higher education.
Hegseth is completely unprepared for the thousands of long-form words and high-profile declarations from these extremely good faith defenders of free speech.
Hegseth is completely unprepared for the thousands of long-form words and high-profile declarations from these extremely good faith defenders of free speech.